thanks for sharing.Originally posted by: jessieqwert
I just found this in a member's profile and then saw it was the top thread in "my forums". I went to middle school and high school with Rick. My first memory of him is him is in middle school during lunch. Some jock picked a fight with him and he didn't back down. They just pushed each other around but Rick wasn't going to take sh*t from anyone.
The last time I saw him was at a New Year's party this past January. He just opened his apartment up to everyone. He made sure everyone was comfortable and was having a good time. I crashed there that night and left quietly, early the next morning. I haven't talked to him since.
I was at a lot of LANs with him, spent time in class with him, and have enjoyed watching him grow even after we all went our ways after high school. I'll miss him and know that all his friends will too. Hope to see you all for winter break.
Rick at a LAN in our high school photo
tan Nike shirt is Rick
white hat is DNvCross
holding the camera is TheLonelyPhoenix
yellow hat is EmoticonFury
Torsell, a 2004 Bellefonte High School graduate and former football player, was charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving and carrying a false identification card
http://www.wjactv.com/news/10198148/detail.htmlNew Details In Deadly Weekend DUI
POSTED: 8:18 am EST October 31, 2006
Centre County -- Police have released new details in a deadly weekend DUI-pedestrian accident in State College.
According to police, 20-year-old Anthony Torsell was driving between 50 and 60 miles per hour with no headlights on along South Atherton Street when he hit two pedestrians, killing one and critically injuring the other. The speed limit there is marked at 35 miles per hour.
Police say Torsell had a green light and the pedestrians were in the crosswalk. Torsell is accused of having a blood-alcohol level three times above the legal limit.
http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cf...9&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6Fatal DUI victim ID'd
By KELLY DEVINE
10/31/2006
STATE COLLEGE - The pedestrian killed by a drunk driver on Saturday near the Pennsylvania State University campus has been officially identified as Richard A. Smith, 21, most recently of the 300 block of East Hector Street in Conshohocken and formerly of Chadds Ford in Chester County.
Smith was not a Penn State student, but was a 2003 graduate of Unionville High School and a 2006 graduate of West Chester University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, according to his obituary.
He was currently a computer network analyst at IPR International LLC in Conshohocken.
Smith will be laid to rest on Sunday in West Chester.
The Daily Collegian, Penn State's college newspaper, indicated that Smith was in town visiting friends, and that his family was unaware of his visit.
The paper also noted that Smith's friend said his ashes would be spread across the Chesapeake Bay after his cremation.
Centre County deputy coroner Judy Pleskonko confirmed that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.
Pleskonko added Smith was identified by his parents. She said State College Police also identified him by his driver's license.
http://www.dailylocal.com/site/news.cfm...5&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=6A service celebrating the life of Richard A. Smith will be held on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Westminister Presbyterian Church on West Pleasant Grove Road in Westtown.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, Chester
Originally posted by: blazerazor
Life is a valuable thing. Sadly sometimes it takes something like this 'hitting home' to remind us of that fact and how easily that could have been anyone of us.
R.I.P.